Kryeministri Edi Rama ka reaguar ndaj protestave kundër projektit në zonën e Nartës, duke përdorur metaforën e “flamingove”, “sorrave” dhe “korbave” . Në një reagim, Rama u shpreh se problemi nuk janë protestuesit me qëllime të mira, por ata që, sipas tij, ushqehen me zhurmë, shpifje dhe teori konspirative, duke penguar një debat të bazuar në fakte dhe zgjidhje konkrete.
Reagimi:
THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, says a very old saying, and there is a reason why this expression has survived for centuries.
It does not devalue good intentions. On the contrary. Good intentions are the indispensable A of the entire alphabet of the ethics of public engagement. But the path of humanity teaches us that good intentions are by no means enough. On the contrary.
History is full of developments that began with the noblest slogans and the most sincere emotions, but ended in intolerance, fanaticism or destruction, as a result of the rupture of the connection between perception and reality, imagination and facts, and concern and reason.
Therefore, if good intentions are not subject to the test of facts, if the passion for change is not guided by reason, and if strong convictions are not accompanied by the desire to listen, the distance between defending a principle, a goal, or a cause and their transformation into an exclusionary dogma becomes very short. And just like that, the road to hell is not paved with bad intentions, but with good intentions that refuse to be measured by reality.
I have sincere sympathy for anyone who entered this protest out of the alarm of nature in danger. Even this aesthetic form of demonstration, with the silhouettes of pink flamingos, delights me with the charm that would otherwise be lacking in a civic protest for nature that has hastily turned into a political demonstration impoverished in ideas, poor in arguments, degraded in vocabulary, and ugly in its street or digital bullying of anyone who thinks differently.
But this beautiful photograph brings me back to the proverb of the beginning and the “road to hell”.
Because the problem is not the flamingos. Their intention is good. The problem is that the flamingos refuse to listen to the facts, discuss solutions and coordinate forces with institutions and serious sources of expertise, to protect everything necessary by implementing the right project. Thus, they become the tools of the crows and ravens that have surrounded them.
I have listened to the flamingos and understand them. I respect their concern without prejudice, precisely because it has always been mine. What I fail to understand is why the flamingos do not want to separate from the crows that feed on noise, slander, conspiracy theories and the ravens that, with bullying and categorical rejection of every fact, seek to take Albania hostage?!
Flamingos do not lose their beauty if they engage in a useful discussion about the future of the area and the path of Albania's development. While the crows and ravens remain simply who they are, since November 28, 1912, when they took on the role of the shadow that haunts Albania, but without a chance to pave a road to hell with the good intentions of the flamingos.
